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Trade between the Philippines and the United Kingdom

In 2024, the Philippines exported $978 million to the United Kingdom and imported $685 million. The Philippines ran a surplus of $293 million with the United Kingdom, compared with a deficit of $305 million in 2019. The United Kingdom was the Philippines’ 23rd largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and the Philippines was the United Kingdom’s 58th (0.2%).

Summary

Philippines → United Kingdom
$978million
United Kingdom → Philippines
$685million
The Philippines’ balance
$293million

Balance

The Philippines’ trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between the Philippines and the United Kingdom grew 37% since 1995

USD billions (current). The Philippines’ exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1
  • Imports 0.7
  • Balance +0.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$551 million$659 million-$108 million
1996$1.5 billion$604 million$929 million
1997$1.5 billion$774 million$681 million
1998$983 million$462 million$522 million
1999$1.3 billion$415 million$887 million
2000$2 billion$445 million$1.5 billion
2001$1.6 billion$538 million$1.1 billion
2002$2 billion$574 million$1.4 billion
2003$1.8 billion$566 million$1.2 billion
2004$1.5 billion$577 million$904 million
2005$1.3 billion$491 million$766 million
2006$1.1 billion$444 million$704 million
2007$1.6 billion$463 million$1.1 billion
2008$1.1 billion$362 million$744 million
2009$457 million$357 million$100 million
2010$813 million$393 million$419 million
2011$777 million$373 million$404 million
2012$962 million$415 million$547 million
2013$759 million$474 million$285 million
2014$663 million$535 million$129 million
2015$647 million$508 million$138 million
2016$678 million$530 million$148 million
2017$790 million$618 million$172 million
2018$817 million$816 million$1 million
2019$671 million$976 million-$305 million
2020$562 million$667 million-$106 million
2021$711 million$646 million$65 million
2022$4.6 billion$817 million$3.8 billion
2023$1.9 billion$847 million$1 billion
2024$978 million$685 million$293 million

What they sell each other

What the Philippines sells to the United Kingdom

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Computer and office machine parts$133 million · 13.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  2. Microchips$95 million · 9.7%
    84 tonnes · the Philippines’ destinations
  3. Transformers and power supplies$56 million · 5.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. Monitors and projectors$42 million · 4.3%
    371 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s sources
  5. Prepared fish and caviar$38 million · 3.9%
    10 thousand tonnes
  6. Electric heaters and hair dryers$35 million · 3.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  7. Home appliances$34 million · 3.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Optical fibers and lenses$34 million · 3.5%
    260 tonnes
  9. Pulp from recycled paper and other fibers$31 million · 3.1%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Airplanes and helicopters$29 million · 3%
    77 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s sources

What the United Kingdom sells to the Philippines

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$134 million · 19.6%
    228 tonnes
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$50 million · 7.3%
    770 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  3. Generating sets$35 million · 5.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Aluminum structures$25 million · 3.6%
    293 tonnes
  5. Cameras and broadcast equipment$24 million · 3.6%
    60 tonnes
  6. Spirits$20 million · 3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  7. Aircraft parts$16 million · 2.4%
    53 tonnes
  8. Cars$16 million · 2.4%
    807 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  9. Turbojets and gas turbines$15 million · 2.2%
    8 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  10. Edible offal$12 million · 1.8%
    14 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Manila to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Manila and Felixstowe is 13,282 nautical miles (24,598 km) long: ≈ 30.5–39.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (13,282 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (9,841 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$654 million · 39.3%
  2. Air$1 billion · 60.7%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was the Philippines’ 23rd largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and the Philippines was the United Kingdom’s 58th (0.2%).

The United Kingdom in the Philippines’ trade
0.7%
The United Kingdom’s rank among the Philippines’ partners
23rd
The Philippines in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.2%
The Philippines’ rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
58th

Compare with

Other partners of the Philippines

Other partners of the United Kingdom

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.